Update #2 [Thu 3rd Nov, 2022 17:45 GMT]: The keychains are live now on the My Nintendo Store in Canada and North America.
These cost 550 My Nintendo Platinum Points each, so grab the one that matches your team in the upcoming Splatfest and get repping early!
Update [Wed 19th Oct, 2022 14:30 BST]: Nintendo has now confirmed that all of those Splatoon X Pokémon rewards? Well, they're coming to the North American My Nintendo Store too!
At the moment, the Keychain set is listed as "coming soon", but you can get yourself a calendar to help count down the days to the next Splatoon 3 Splatfest and the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. You can get this little phone and PC wallpaper for 50 Platinum Points over on the My Nintendo Store right now.
Original article [Wed 19th Oct, 2022 14:30 BST]: Next month's Splatfest in Splatoon 3 is going to be all about everyone's favourite monster-catching franchise, Pokémon. After getting a look at some sweet collaborative t-shirts which still haven't been announced for a European release (hint hint, Nintendo), we can now see the exclusive My Nintendo Rewards which are confirmed for Japanese buyers to mark the occasion.
As seen in a blog post by Nintendo Japan, the upcoming Splatfest will bring with it a collection of keychains, each displaying the same Water-, Grass- or Fire-Type logo that we saw previously on the Splatoon X Pokémon t-shirts. The keychains also show a little silhouette of the type's respective upcoming starter from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet - Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly.
Pointed out by Serebii.net webmaster @JoeMerrick in the above tweet, the keychains will be available to purchase from the Japanese My Nintendo Store for 50 platinum points each.
The Nintendo Japan post also revealed that a sticker campaign will be launched across the country, with certain game retailers and Pokémon Centers to give out exclusive collaboration stickers with pre-orders of Scarlet and Violet. The three different sticker types can be found below.
These rewards are currently specified for Japan only, so seeing them come West remains nothing but a dream for the time being. However, the Pokémon-themed Splatfest will be kicking off on November 11th, so there is still some time for more rewards to be revealed - we're holding out hope!
What do you make of these new exclusives? Let us know if you will be lucky enough to pick one up in the comments below!
[source topics.nintendo.co.jp, via twitter.com]
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In before someone says, I wish we could have cool stuff like Japan, if of course you want cheap looking tacky rubbish.
I know that the grass type logo is meant to look like grass, but it just doesn't look as good as the leaf from TCG
Two Mario and Rabbids rewards popped up on the UK Nintendo store:
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/my-nintendo/my-nintendo-rewards
Honestly, 50 platinum points is as low as I've ever seen for a physical reward. I'd imagine that the Japanese MyNintendo may have a different point value, but the Nintendo Online user icon images are still 10 Platinum each, so I think its similar.
It still bothers me quite a lot that North America and Europe don't get as much merchandise for Splatoon.
So they’re not 550 platinum points each, it’s for the set of 3. I was surprised it wasn’t individual also. I got my order in and threw in a Mario/Rabbids Spark keychain to boot to make the shipping worth while. These all look fun!
Anyone else not able to add the keychains to their cart? The button is red and says “Add to Cart,” but when I press it, it acts like it’s loading and then nothing happens. Tried it on Safari and Chrome.
Aaaand it’s sold out!
@topher6490 yea same on my phone
That's only if you didn't use your silver coins up.....
Good bye keychains. :v; maybe they'll restock (doubt)
Wow those sold out quick, and I was hesitant of getting them because of the quality... oh well (most of the items I bought are of questionable quality. The Arceus cable tie, the Team Galactic phone ring, the Mario 3D World keychain...)
Guess I missed my chance. Oh well. $7 shipping is a bit much for keychains that don’t really resemble Splatoon merchandise.
Now where is that Kirby’s Dream Buffet keychain? They promised it in August and it still hasn’t released in North America!
These keychains feel a lot "cheaper" than last years Super Mario Splatfest keychains though.
Please happen to Europe to, just please happen.
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